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pleasure entirely in acting on them. He went on to say that he now needed about 50 per cent of the number of pnen who struck, but was careful not to eay that he would employ them from the body of the strikers. I paid that Mr. Gould had siren ps to understand that all except those who Actually committed acts of violence would be taksn back. He said that neither those who committed such acta nor those who advised them. Would be accepted. He continued that the road had too many employes before, and preferred cutting down the force to cutting down the hours. At this moment Mr. Bailey interrupted him by saying that was probably the reason why the company caused the strike —to cut the number of employes. Mr. Hoxie said he eould take it that way if he wanted to, and asked me about the trouble at Fort Worth. I told him I very deeply deplored it. Mr. Hoxie then went on to say that no grievances whatever had been presented to him. I reminded him of those presented last September, and he said: ‘Oh, don’t rake np an ancient history.' X said that it mieht be ancient history, but that the grievances, while they had laic dormant, still existed. That was the interview. I closed by telling him we would consult with Mr. Hayep. We stood the entire time, and were not asked back.” “When will the next step be taken?" “We will not do anything more until Monday. If Mr, Hayes arrives we will hold a conference to-tnorrow. lam satisfied, however, that it is a fettled nolicy of the road to take none of the strikers back.” “Have you communicated with Mr. Powderly or Mr. Gould?" “We will not wire Powderly until we hear he if well enough to transact business, and don't know whether wo will advise further with Gould at all.” “What do you think will be final outcome?” “If we cannot make terms, as I am now satisfied is the case, the men will have to return quietly to their homes and seek other employment” Mr. Turner expects both Mr. Hayes and Mr. Barry, of the general executive committee, to jreacli here to-morrow. If they come, there will then be a quorum of the committees here, and another conference will be held with the local committee, when it is expected some plan of action will be agreed upon, aod possibly another meeting may be had with Mr. Hoxie.

Serious Illness of Mr. Powderly. Scranton, Pa., April 3.—General Master Workman Powderly is in a precarious condition, and will be unable to attend to any Work for a long time. His physicians will not permit him to know what is going on in labor matters, and have given strict orders to allow no correspondents to see him. He will not go to St. Louis. J. W. Hayes, of the executive board of the Knights of Labor, left for St Louis to-day. Train Movements at East St Louis. St. Louis, April 3.—The anticipated trouble oetween the railroad officials and their guard of deputy marshals and the strikers in East St. .ijonis has not, as yet, occurred, and quiet prevails in the railroad yards in that city. No 1 irge crowds of strikers have congregated around he relay depot, their accustomed assembling place, and no violence from them is anticipated, for the railroads have not received any freight at their depots, and can receive none until the transfer company get new men to take the places of their striking drivers. Their anticipation that they could easily procure drivers should the strikers not report for duty, has not been fulfilled, and no hauling has yet been done. The latest information from East St. Louis is to th 6 effect that the freight blockade is practically broken in that place. Switching is progressing in most of the yards without interruption, and several trains have been sent out. The Chicago & Alton,|the Ohio & Mississippi, the Vandalia, the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy and the Indianapolis & St. Louis all have switch engines at work. The coal brought in by the Vandalia, yesterday, was hauled over the bridge or taken across the river in wagons by the ferries, and no attempt was made by strikers to molest th 9 teamsters. Other coal trains will be sent over the bridge during the day. The Vandalia sent out two trains of empties without interference, and other roads sent out freight trains and several trains came in. Business is progressing very much as though there was no strike, and were it not for the heavy snow-fall, which retards the movement of ears considerably, there would lie a great rush of work. When the strikers witnessed the partial resumption of traffic, they seemed a good deal disheartened, but none of them had much to sav. Sheriff Ropiequet made his first arrest to day of the strikers who were indicted by the St. Clair county grand jury yesterday. Charles Bailey was the man, and he was taken to Belleville by the first train out. The fact that some fifty strikers were indicted yesterday seems to have bad much influence in shaping the course of the Strikers in the yards to-day. Later reports from East St. Louis showed that affairs did not run so smoothly there as was previously reported. Two engineers running switch engines in the Vandalia yards, were induced to take their engines back to the roundhouse, and an engineer in the Cairo Short-line yard was persuaded to abandon his engine. Another train of coal came over the bridge at noon, ar.d a big train of empties was sent back to the other side.

Doc Anderson, another indicted ’striker, and rn active leader among them, has been arrested. . '<eriff Ropiequet has sworn in as special depn- * all the present employes in the various \ ois.

ALONG THE LINES. L .eight Trains Moving at Parsons Under Protection of tlie Military. Parsons, Kan., April 3.— Eight companies of the First Regiment of Kansas militia arrived in the city last night, and took charge of the Missouri Pacific yards, and thiß morning the Kansas National Guards commenced making up trains, the engines being guarded on each side by the bayonets ot the soldiers. One freight train has been sent out, and it is expected that the yards ■will at once be cleared of all freight cars. The strikers have made no disturbance or resistance, and seem to accept the situation as iuevitable. The company is now paying off all the men engaged in the strike, and some of them are feeling rather blue at the prospect of being indefinitely out of a job. The feeling here is that the embargo will be laid on the trains as soon as the militia return to their homes. Freight trains are being rapidly sent out under guard of the militia. There have been no efforts to resist the soldiers. The company paid off 208 of the strikers to day. and ninety-three were notified that their services were no longer required; it is now a matter of doubt if the remain der will go back to work. It is impossible to say how long the troops will be needed here, but everything goes to show that they will not leave within a week. It is anticipated' that the shops will open again on Monday. At Other Points. Dallas, Tex., April 3. —Justice Henry Schuhl, the attorney for the Knights of Labor in this city, was again arrested yesterday on warrants based on five indictments cuarging him with swindling and embezzlement It is understood that the charges cover the same grounds as did those on which he was arrested last week. The prisoner furnished bail, and was released. Sedalia, Ma, April 3.— The only episode of to-dav in connection with the strike was that an engine was derailed by Ole Sol berg, a striker. A passenger engine atood on a side-track, when Solberg mounted it, pulled the throttle wide open and fled. He was arrested and put in jail. The Missouri Pacific shops now have fifty-tkyree men it work, and will have boarding cars near the -hops on Monday, so that new employes need iotbe exposed to the violence of strikers. Palestine, Tex., April 3.— The Texas & Pari flo thop and yard men were all paid off yesterday. The shops are open, but the strikers have not yet signified their intention of resuming work. Business is becoming lively along this line, thirty five freight trains being in and out of Palestine in the last twenty-four hours. Freight Bnslness at Kansas City. Kansas City, April 3. —The Missouri Pacific •ompauy sent out its usual number of freight trains to-day without any difficulty. Several of the strikers have returned to work, though it cannot he learned that they are Knights of Later. No attempt has yet been made to send out irains at night, as the strikers would be afforded

an opportunity of doing great injrny, if they were inclined, without fear of detection. There is said to be a strong feeling among them against the engineers, who have disappointed them in consenting to run their engines. About 50 per cent of the company’s usual force is now at work here. Atchison Will Pay Damages. Atchison, Kan., April 3. —The following message was sent to Q. M. Hoxie this afternoon: “The city of Atchison will pay all damages to your property in the corporate limits of this city, as the result of lawlessness growing out of the late strike, as may be agreed upon by a competent board of appraisers. Answer. “S. S. Kelsey, Mayor.” All Missouri Pacific trains are running on schedule time. The shops employed a force of fifty-eight men to-day, forty-six of whom are old employes. When the strike was inaugurated there were 187 men od the shop pay-rolL There is not enough work for that number at present. Eighteen additional men were selected this evening to go to work on Monday. CAUSES OF THE STRIKE. Intimations that It Was a Stock-Jobbing Scheme, in Which Irons Is Interested. New York Commercial Advertiser, April 2. The recent strike in the Southwest has been the topic of a great amount of discussion and speculation in Wall street. Not so much concerning its effects, which, comparatively speak ing, are slight, but concerning the causes of it, which it is now suggested were not exactly of the character heretofore believed. It has been publicly stated more than once during the last few days that the strike was precipitated by certain operators on the street, in conjunction' with the local leader of the Knights of Labor in St. Louis. Mr. Washington E. Connor said to-day: 'The feeling that Martin Irons was actuated to stir up the strike by Wall-street operators grows every day. and every day there seems to be more and more ground for the belief. I now understand that cipher dispatches are known to have passed between Irons and a certain broker in thi3 city. These messages could only be on one subject, and it is a matter which it would be well to investigate. It should not be a hard matter to do so once the dispatches could be traced. It seems to me that this would be good matter for the executive committee of the Knights of Labor to look into. It directly affects the reputation of their order and should be sifted to the bottom.” Mr. J. M. Licbtenauer, of Halgarten & Cos., said: “Every one is talking about this thing, and there seems to be very good grounds for the suspicion, but I don’t care to tell you my private opinion beyond the statement that the transaction was very peculiar. ” Mr. Henry Clews said: ‘“lt is not surprising that a good deal should be said about the effect of this strike in Wall street I can’t give you any proofs, but I believe there is little or no doubt that Irons had his cue from Wall street. Everything goes to show it Then there is Mr. W. O. McDowell, who has been prominently connected with the strike as a Knight of Labor. He is well known ou the street as a speculator in railroad strikes. This has its significance. Nothing shows more clearly how well the whole transaction must have been known to Wall street parties than its effect on the market Had the strike been due to legitimate causes the depression would have been much greater than it was. But knowing what the cause was brokers were able to estimate the effect; and so, although the market staggered as it always does under adverse circumstances, the drop in prices was not so great as it would have been had the cause not been thoroughly understood here. ”

Mr. Irons Enters a Denial. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A reporter interviewed Martin Irons with reference to his alleged attempt to influence the stock market by disobeying the order of the general executive board, issued through General Master Workman Powderly, and prolonging a strike which had been declared off by his superiors. Mr. Irons said: “I am too badly worn out to-night to make a specific denial of this absurd allegation, and will only attempt to brand it as a malicious falsehood, in a general way. It is the work of Jay Gould, and done to injure me ar.d my course. To-mor-row I will reply to the charges over my own signature. I deny the charges, and defy any one to substantiate them.” HENRY WARD BEECHER. The Famous Preacher Does Not Favor the Boycott as Now Employed. Interview in Louisville Commercial. “I am in sympathy with the labor movement,” said Mr. Beecher, “so long as it confines itself within the bounds of justice and law. But they have made a mistake in the Southwest—a ruinous mistake. They cannot accomplish anything by such procedure. Powderly had the right idea. Powderly is a great man—a general. As to the position of Hoxie, I think he, too, was right. He maintained that the trouble was between him aud his employes, and with them be would confer. The outside organizations had nothing to do with it Labor organizations in general are good enough. The workingmen, seeing that capital haa organized, have determined to organize themselves. This organization will not bring equality, but it will bring into harmonious relations the two extremes of society—the producer and the capitalist. lam glad of this. But some of their methods are wrong. Boycotting is a ruinous practice. Why, if it were recognized as legitimate, it would destroy everything. The press, the pulpit, the bar, all would be silenced. The New York Times published an article somewhat adverse to the workingman, or he considered it so, and someone cried boycott it. This is the suppression of the right of free expression. Suppose I should say something from the pulpit of Plymouth Church which should prove objectionable to some labor organization, must I be boycotted and black-listed for expressing my true sentiments? Nevertheless, these upheavals are healthy. Settle things iu tranquility and you will have torpidity. It is the running stream that is the healthy stream; it is the stagnant pool and the swamp that breed malaria and death.

OTHER LABOR NEWS. A Circular from the Executive Board of the Miners of District No. 3. Huntingdon, Pa., April 3.— The executive board of the National Federation of Miners has issued a circular addressed to all the men in district No. 3. It says that the work done by the board has proved to be in the right direction; that the operators who have given the advance have agreed to collect from their men ten cents a ten for the support of those still on strikes; that some money has already been received and that more will soon be paid in. The address appeals to the men to be firm, to commit no violation of the law, to act unitedly, and to place no faith in any but the officers of the federation. The strikers in other parts of the district, and the operators who have not given the advance, are encouraging a renewal of the strike in the Broadtop region. Street-Car Troubles Adjusted. Pittsburg, April 3. —At a conference of streetcar officials and strikers, this afternoon, all differences were amicably settled, and car 6 will be started on all roads but the Oakland by morning. By the agreement the drivers and conductors are to receive $1.75 for thirteen hours work, and the drivers of bob-tailed cars $2. The wage schedule, with one exception, remains the same as heretofore. The men on the Union line suffer a reduction of 12 cents. The hour question will be reopened in a month before an arbitration board. Too Much Organisation. Milwaukee, April 3. H. Segnitz & Cos., cigar manufacturers, closed their establishment to-day, discharging theii six hundred employes. Trouble resulting from contentions between the two organizations to which the workmen belong, the Knights of Labor and the International

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Union, is given by the proprietors as the cause for the shut-down, and added to this is a general depression in trade. The firm if reported to be considering a proposition to take the entire business to New York. _____ Cutting Loose from Irons. Atchison, Kan., April 3.—At a meeting of Hope Assembly, Knights of Labor, held tonight, the action of the local executive board in ordering the men back to work was indorsed. The resolution met with considerable opposition, but it carried by a strong majority. It is understood that the local board has cut loose from the Irons faction, and have for three days refused to obey orders to stop freight trains. Doesn't Want an Eight-Hour Rule. Milwaukee, April 3.—A. P. Allis, of the mammoth machine shops bearing his name, summoned his milk men before him late this afternoon and addressed them on the eight-hour question. He informed the men that, speaking upon authority from his company, should an enforcement of the eight-hour rule be attempted, the works will be shut down permanently. Labor Notes. Lynn, Mass., April 3. —Assembly No. 3,029, Knights of Labor, have adopted a memorial to Congress declaring that the laboring men of America are entitled to the ordinary comforts of life, and a fair expectation of shelter and repose for their declining years; that in times of depression the government should liberally appropriate the surplus revenue in the prosecution of public works, and especially commending the Hennepin canal project as likely not only to temporarily benefit thousands of needy men, but as promising employment to'thousands more for all time to come. • Boston, April 3.—The journeymen tailors, will, on Monday, inaugurate a strike against such merchant tailors as have not agreed to pay the advance demanded. Six merchant tailors unite in a statement characterizing as unjust the demands of the men that non-union employes shall be discharged and that “back-shop” work shall be forbidden. Detroit, April 3.—The labor troubles at Wyandottb have been settled by the company recognizing the right of the men to join the Knights of Labor, that being the disputed point. Those discharged whose places were still vacant, will go to work immediately, and those whose places have been filled are eligible to whatever vacancies may occur. Cleveland, 0., April 3.—A special from Youngstown, 0., says the engineers on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad have asked that their pay be advanced from $3.25 to $4 per round trip, and that of the firemen from $1.50 to $2. Pittsburg, April 3.— This afternoon thirtythree girls employed in Johnson & Davis’s cigar factory, in this city, struck for an advance of wages of 5 cents per 100 cigars. The striker* want to join the Knights of Labor.

THE JEFFERSONVILLE LEVEE. Mr. Shnler Proves Evasive and Unsatisfactory in His Answers to the Committed. Special to the ludianaDolia Journal. Washington, April 3.— Ex-Mayor John M. Glass, and Albert O. Shuler, ex-councilman of Jeffersonville, testified to-day before the Civil Service Reform Committee of the House, in reference to the charges against Warder and Stealey. Mr. Glass was cross examined at considerable length by counsel for the defendants, in an effort to. show that the action of the witness who instituted this investigation, was an outgrowth of political feeling engendered during his last campaign for renomination for mayor, and in which he was defeated by Albert O. Shuler, Republican, who was defeated at the polls by the present incumbent, a Democrat Glass stated that he voted for Shuler, who was understood, up to a few days of the election, to favor reimbursement of the citizens who advanced the $1,250 to Warder. He was then asked why -..0-he did not support the Democratic candidate, who was known to be opposed to reimbursement of the money out of the city treasury. The question was intended to elicit an answer which would show that Glass’3 political prejudices were higher than his moral profession, he having stated yesterday that he opposed payment of the $1,250 by the city because he believed it was to be used for corrupt purposes. Glass replied, with some emphasis, that he did not favor Shuler till he came out in a card, a week prior to the election, and declared his opposition to the reimbursement from the city’s funds. Then he was asked why he did not move to secure a congressional investigation of this matter before he retired from the mayor’s office and before he was defeated for renomination, to which he replied that a it was not until after he retired from office that the money was taken from the city treasury, and as long as it came only from private citizens he did not feel called upon to move, in his official or personal capacity, to secure an investigation. He had, however, some time before the primary election, spoken to Senator Harrison about an investigation. Mr. Shuler testified to having sent tho first $250 to Warder, upon receiving a letter from him saying he had employed an attorney to work for the levee appropriation, and that the attorney was to receive a retainer of $250, and a contingent fee of SI,OOO. The $250 was advanced by City Treasurer Prather. He then testified to sending the SI,OOO which Warder telegraphed for.

“How did you transmit the $1,000; by check?” inquired a member of tne committee. “No; by telegraph,” replied the witness. “Why did you send by telegraph? Was there .any necessity for such haste?” “Well," replied Shuler, hesitatinely, “I thought Warder wanted it as quick as he could get it.” At which the committee laughed heartily. “Did you think the appropriation would not pass Congress if you did not telegraph the money?” was asked. “I—l—didn’t stop to think,” came the answer slowly. “What kind of services did you understand were to be rendered by the attorney Warder said he had employed?" “Legal advice,” said the witness evasively. “Do you mean legal advice to Congress?” “Hardly, I guess,” replied the witness, and the committee and others present roared with laughter at the delicacy of the situation, for it was evident that legal services were not expected. At the conclusion pf Shuler’s testimony, he was asked to produce the note, or a copy of it, upon which the SI,OOO was raised; also, the letter Warder wrote him in which he said he had employed a lawyer, and certain other papers he was commanded by the duces tecum to bring with him from Jeffersonville. He replied that he had not the papers; that he had made no effort to procure them, but could have brought them had he made an effort to do so. This caused the members of the committee to cast suspicious glances at each other. “Oh, never mind those papers,” intersected Mr. Ellis, counsel for the defendants. “We will concede that Warder received the $1,250, as has been stated.” “When did you arrive here?” inquired the chairman of the committee. “Night before last,” replied the witness. “Then why did you not appear here before the committee yesterday to testify, as you were summoned to do!” The witness hung his head a moment It is said that he was suspected of having been “seen” by the defendants, or someone acting for them. When he replied, he said: “I was tired with travel.” The answer was not satisfactory, and hie failure to appear yesterday with the important papers called for is yet a mystery. Glass and Shuler will be further examined. So far, nothing has been proven to inculcate Stealey. The burden of proof has been against Warder. Ex-Senator McDonald waa present as

counsel for Warder and Stealey during the hearing. City Treasurer Prather, and others, of Jeffersonville, will probably be summoned. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. Fire In the Laundry Department of a St. Louis Hotel—Four Employes Suffocated. St. Louis, April 3. -—At. 3:50 this morning fire was discovered in the kitchen wing and laundry department of the Planters’ Hotel of this city. A general alarm was sounded, and the whole fire department were quickly on the scene. Several streams were turned on, and through the vigorous efforts of the department the building was saved, not until, however, four girls—employes —were burned or smothered to death. For a time the greatest excitement prevailed and a panic seemed inevitable, but when some of the guests reached the ground floor and discovered no immediate danger in that portion of the house, their fears were allayed, and some returned to their rooms for their valuables. No one jumped from the rooms to the street, but several ladies made their escape down the fire escape. A heavy snow storm was prevailing, which tended to prevent the sparks igniting: other buildings.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. P. P. S. McClellan, financial secretary of the St. Paul Typographical UnioD, has disappeared. It is said he is short in his accounts, but how much is not known. Cashier Van Vliet, late of the Lake City National Bank, which is now in the hands of a receiver, was broueht to St. Paul yesterday afternoon. The exact nature of the charges against him are unknown, but are supposed to be making false reports of the bank’s condition. At Pittsburg, yesterday afternoon, Thomas Bolan, aged about twelve years, was killed by a companion, Harvey McMurray. It is said they had a quarrel, when McMurray, who is only eight years of age, drew a knife and stabbed Bolan in the abdomen, causing almost instant death. McMurray, who has been arrested, says the killing was accidental. Bishop O’Hara Sustained. Philadelphia, April 3.— The suit broueht by the ex-Rev. M. P. Stack against Bishop O’Hara, in the Common Pleas Court of this county, was decided to-day in an interesting opinion by Presiding Judge Thayer. The parties to the suit were priest and bishop in the Catholic Church. Father Stack filed a declaration averring that it was the duty of the defendant, as bishop, to assign the plaintiff to the exercise of his office of priest; that the defendant refused to assign him, and that by reason of this refusal he was deprived of the means of obtaining a sum of money. Iu renderiug judgment for the bishop on a demurrer, the judge held that the question was one in which the defendant had a right, in the exercise of a purely ecclesiastical function, to use his discretion. In‘the exercise of that discretion he was answerable only to the laws of the church. The ppiest, if so disposed, could refuse to perform a duty to which he was assigned by the bishop, without iuourrine any civil liability, and the mutuality of obligations was the essence of all contracts. Mrs. Emma Molloy Gives Bail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Springfield, Mo., March 3. —Mrs. Molloy, who, with Cora Lee, has been in custody since the preliminary trial, to-day filed her bond for $5,000, with James Baker. Charles Harwood, R. A. Clark, C. M. Eversol, H. F. Fellows, George S. Rathbun and H. E. Howell as sureties. This is the strongest bond ever made in a criminal case in Greene county, and other men of wealth have signified their willingness to sign it Mrs. Molloy at first decided not to make a bond, but changed her mind on account of the delay in the habeas corpus trial, occasioned by the absence of Judge Gerger at Forsythe. Cora Lee will probably be taken to the Boliver jail. Sale of Orth Stein’s Paper. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Ind., April 3.— The Comet, Orth Stein’s paper, was sold at private sale to-day for about one-third its original cost It will be run in the interests of the laboring men and Knights of Labor. It is stated this evening, by a gentleman connected with the case that the Fowler National Bank sent a messenger to Mrs. Stein several weeks ago to inform her of the large amounts being drawn by her son, and the messenger was given to understand that she was capable of minding her own affairs, and knew all the facts concerning them. The Call this evening claims that Mrs. Stein knew of the drawing of her money from the bank.

The Coming Wheat Crop. Rochester, N. Y., April 3. —The semi-monthly special reports to the American Rural Home, from five thousand correspondents in all parts of the country, are summarized as follows: March proved a much more favorable month for the winter wheat than was expected. The crop has made slow growth on account of the cold. The ground is full of moisture, which was not the case a year ago, when great damage resulted from dry weather. The oat crop in southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois has been largely sown. No crop of anv kind has yet been put in in northern Illinois, Ohio or Indiana. The prospects for the seeding of spring wheat in lowa. Minnesota and Dakota, early in April, are good. Nebraska is the only State which reports a late seeding. The whole situation may be summed up as fairly favorable. Lawyer Scoville Locked Up. Chicago, April 3.—George Scoville, the lawyer whose divorced wife, Mrs. Frances M. Scoville, figured conspicuously as the sister of President Garfield’s assassin, is locked up in the Cook county jail, in default of the payment of sls alimony. Mr. Scoville would not ask any one to sign a bail bond for him. He insists that this proceeding, on a writ of neexeat, is simply a persecution, as he had no intention of leaving the State. At Mrs. Scoville’s request, the prisoner was, this afternoon released. She asserts there was no intention on her part to have him imprisoned, and that his arrest was Boiely to prevent him from abandoning Chicago to escape payment of alimony. _ Obituary. Greencastlk, Ind., April 3.— Miss Kate Hanna, daughter of the late Hon. John Hanna, died at the residence of her aunt, Mra Alpheus Birch, last evening, after an illness of several months. The funeral will occur on Monday April 5 at 10:30 o'clock a. m.; services by Rev. L H. Cissel, assisted by Rev. H. A. Gobin. Clev eland, 0., April 3.—James Francis, once manager of the Gault Honse, Louisville, Ky., and the Bates House, Indianapolis, and wellknown throughout the West, died yesterday at Wooster, O. Lamoure, D. TANARUS., April 3.— Arthur Pember, formerly of the New York Times, died here today of kidney disease, aged fifty. Held on a Serious Charge. Pittsburg, April 3.—D. S. Nicklin, a nephew of Bartley Campbell, the dramatist, was arrested to-day to await the result of injuries which his wife claims he inflicted on her last Tuesday evening while returning home from a party. Mrs. Nicklin wanted to go to her mother’s house, on Morgan street, Allegheny, instead of to her own home, and in a scuffle that ensued she was either knocked down or fell, her head striking a stone step, and concussion of the brain ensued. To-night it is thought she cannot live till morning. Husband claims his wife had been drinking and fell. Both parties are well connected. A Bride Bobbed of 83,000. Concord, N. H., April 3. —Rev. William Hammond, of the Free Will Baptist Church of Franklin, decamped on Thursday morning with $3,000 belonging to a newly-wedded bride. He was arrested in a Boston bank as he was cashing a check, and taken to Franklin.

THE RELIGIOUS JOURNAL. An Educative Power Which Weekly Reaches Millions of the People. Some Account of the Growth and Development of the Religious Weeklies —Their Circulation and Influence. Written for the Indianapolis Journal. There are more than two hundred exclusively religious newspapers published in the United States and Canada, and the best authorities agree that the combined circulation of these is about 2,500,000. Experts in newspaper circulation consider that for each subscriber a weekly family journal may count four readers. If this be true, the religious press may claim an audience of about 10,000,000. When we consider the proportion of our population who are too young or too illiterate to read at all, it may be said that literary teachers of morality can claim a following that will cause the agnostics, the infidels and even Mr. Ingersoll to doubt for a moment the success of their efforts. It is undoubtedly true, however, that many heads of families buy reli gious journals because they consider it to be their duty to do so, or for the reason that they have a faint hope that their children will be induced to peruse them. For themselves they prefer the daily paper. In the matter of the number of papers the Methodists take the lead. They have almost fifty papers of large circulation, and altogether their publications circulate over half a million copies. The Catholics have forty papers, of which nearly 400,000 copies are circulated, and it is worthy of remark that the Germau Catholic papers furnish one-half of this number. The Baptist journals have about 300,000 subscribers; the Presbyterian papers follow with 250,000; those of the Lutheran church with 220,000, while those of the Congregational church bring up in the rear with 75,000. The Congregationalist journals are nearly all printed in New England, Then there are other journals, and these are the most prosperous of them all, that affect no particular denomination, but are so written and conducted as to be cosmopolitan and to attain popularity among all classes. A majority of these are published in New York city. They are well established, well edited, and their owners make large profits. The smaller branches of protestantism have, of course, their newspapers of great and small influence, and all going to make up the grand aggregate circulation before mentioned. It would consume too much space to classify these. It is interesting to note the degree of support which each denomination gives to its press, proportionate, of course, to the numerical strength of each. In making such a calculation it is necessary to ignore the various subdivisions of the same denominations, to group all Methodists under one head and to rate the other sects in a like manner.

The Lutherans, though not so strong in numbers as other sects, are generous in support of their press, for on comparison it is found that almost one in three of them subscribes to its support. The Presbyterians follow with a ratio bordering on 1 in 4; the Congregationalists are next as 1 in 5, while the Baptists and Methodists are neck and neck at lin 7 each. It must be remembered, however, that the Methodists and Baptists have to carry the great mass of the illiterate whites and blacks at the South, which prevents them from presenting a better average. The evangelical and Christian journals cannot be classified, since they are not strictly sectarian, and calculation as to the iiterary standing of the weaker denominations would be endless. Os these various organs the average reader —one without prejudice —would be inclined to consider the unsectarrian journal as the most liberal and interesting; those of the Congregationalists as scholarly, and in most cases broad in their discussions; those of the Methodists as most energetic; those of the Baptists and Lutherans as most given- to controversy, and those of the Presbyterians as most dogmatic. The journals of the Catholic Church are the weakest in point of circulation of any devoted to religious matter. The most moderate Catholic authorities claim for their church in America 8,000,000 adherents, and this would indicate that but one Catholic in every twenty subscribes to his press. There are several reasons for this. Catholic and Protestant newspapers may be said to have very different missions. The Protestant newspaper is little dissimilar to the Protestant pulpit In fact, in many places it supplies the want of one. Many Protestant papers of many denominations contain in each issue a sermon for Sunday, another appropriate to the mid-week prayer-meeting, and a Sunday-school lesson for the children. In most cases the sermons are good, and people remote from churches read these papers and neglect the pulpit In fact the paper gives all that the pulpit can, and much that it cannot give. This may explain the wider circulation that Protestant journals enjoy. In the Catholic Church conditions are different Church attendance is compulsory, and in church all needed instructions are given and such service by the press is thus rendered superfluous. In addition, the theology of the Catholic Church cannot be properly expounded in weekly newspapers. Catholic journals, as a rule, have observed that the ill-feeling that once existed against Catholics has been eradicated by association more rapidly than it could ever have been by rancorous discussion, so they have generally refrained from controversy. In times when Know-nothing ideas were popular the Catholic press had work to do, but latterly its field has become more limited. Irish politics, parochial

news and personal notes now form a chief portion of the contents of Catholic journals, and as the liberality of the daily newspaper increases the Catholic press will be left almost without a mission. Catholics, however, support two reviews—one a monthly and one a quarterly —and they also boast of the possession of two daily newspapers—one in St. Lonis, printed in German, and one in Montreal, printed in English. So far as dailies are concerned, however, the Mormons —if it be technically correct to rate them as a religious body—have two prosperous daily newspapers in Salt Lake City, and, until recently, another in Ogden City. The attempts made by Protestant denominations to establish religious dailies have invariably met with failure, the most recent example being the late Daily Witness. It wonld seem that no religious body can hope for more success. It is because of the constant struggles between the Catholics and the Orangemen in Canada that the Montreal Catholic paper before mentioned has been able to exist Even under these circumstances it has several times been forced to suspend publication. As for the religious daily in St Louis, it is religions enough for St. Louis, and to make it so does not worry its editors a great deal. It is a peculiar fact that nearly all of the best papers published by the Protestant sects are edited by clergymen, while nearly all of the leading journals that defend the Catholic faith have laymen as editors. It might be supposed that being religious in tone these journals would be above the practice of wrangling and quarreling in the manner that is supposed to be peculiar to the moral cross-roads sheet But such is not the case. Some of the narrowest and most bitter writers in journalism are to be found on the religions press, and discussions more numerous and personal than the much-abused daily newspaper ever indulges in are to be found in journals whose editors sign D. D. after their names. There are a variety of titles to be noticed in looking over the list of our religions newspapers. The Methodists are the most consistent in naming their papers, for they have no less than twenty that fly the title Christian Advocate, beginning with New York and ending at San Francisco. The prefix Christian is, however, popular with all the sects. There are Christian Leaders, Christian Registers, Christian indexer., a Christian Woman, a Christian Statesman, which naturally is an earnest admirer of Senator Blair; then there are Christian Observers, Christian Witnesses, a cumber of Christian Workers, and so on down the list Altogether there are over forty journals that assert their Christianity by advertising it on their title page. The Presbyterian and Lutheran editors have a weakness for displaying the names of their respective denominations in their head lines, bat the ocher sects are little given to following any rule, but select their titles without regard to their signification, such as Independent Examiner, Witness, Recorder and the like. Catholic journals for the most part are similarly named, having imitated in this respect, Abbe MoMasters’s Freeman’s Journal. In view of the noise made by preachers of infl-

delity, and by reason of their boasted "intellectuality,” it might be supposed that they would have a press sufficiently important to do valiant battle with the organs of Christianity. Such is not the case, however. In view of the supposed increase of agnosticism and skepticism the journals by which these conditions are encouraged are ridic ulously few and weak. In fact, there is not one that can he said to have auy large degree of influence or any respectable circulation. One there is in Boston which is now over fifty years old. but recently its proprietors have openly admitted that it is on the verge of failure by reason of lack of support. Several others have been established from tune to time, hut they have never attained any degree of prominence or strength. In fact, the Spiriturlists have a stronger press, for they have one journal in Boston which has a circulation of 20,000 copies, and another in Chicago which is similarly prosperous. Over 200 ably-conducted newspapers, all engaged in teaching morality, must constitute a power beside which even the influence of the pulpit seems dwarfed, and, despite the narrowness and bigotry that sometimes crops out among some religious papers, it will be generally admitted that they cannot become too numerous. Ben-Hub.

OUR BOYS-NO, 1. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: There is one problem of more importance than the labor problem which is now uppermost in the public mind. It is, "How to raise our boys so that they will become good citizens!" The most interesting object on this planet is a live, active boy. The most difficult problem in the universe is, "How to raise him?" Every parent realizes this. Give nim good food, exercise and clothing and he will grow physically strong and vigorous. But the boy's mind requires the same treatment in order to develop it into a strong, intellectual manhood. As the locomotive, when on the track and under cout,. oi, is made the motive power which transports the commerce of the world, but, when uncontrolled, an object of danger, so it is with a boy. Badly managed, he is dangerous. Well managed he becomes a blessing to the world. In this article I wish to call attention to the chief evil that attends the rearing of boys in our cities. It is idleness. Employment is the safety-valve that must he opened to prevent disaster. He must be kept busy. Why are the streets filled with noisy, ill-behaved boys? Why do they flock about wharf-boat and railroad depots and annoy conductors by riding on the steps of trains? Why are they seen in groups about the doors of theaters, and why in swarms about circus grounds? The answer is, "want of occupation.” In the earlier days of our country this was different. Boys were kept busy. They worked side by side with their fathers, clearing the forests, rolling and burning the logs and brush, ohopping wood or guiding the plow. His choisest occupation was handling the colts and training them to work. But these advantages are denied the boys of our villages, towns and cities. The avenues for labor open to them are such as take them from home to sell newspapers, black boots or sell boiled eggs and fruit on the trains. These occupations are all honorable enough if there were proper restraints thrown about them. But these are wanting, and, to the majority of boys, they are demoralizing. Many parents neglect their children. Truancy from school follows. Away from school, their associations are bad. Allowed to he absent from home till a late hour of night is still more It was said by Geo. D. Prentice that, to the youth, the hours of greatest danger were those between sunset and bedtime. Away from home at such times deprives boys of home influences, and exposes them to three-fold more temptations than attend the hours of the day. Life Ac the streets i8 fraught with the greatest dangers. What is needed is that boys be sent to schooL When the school day ends let parents require a prompt return home. There let chores be provided to keep boys busy. At supper let the fam- - ily all be assembled, and after supper let both parents provide suitable home amusements and studies till the hour for retiring to rest. Happy is that home where some provision is thus made. Sad, indeed, is it where the father leaves the table to spend the night in saloons or in the various other dissipations ever provided by the devil in towns and cities. I know of nothing which iodoing so much to demoralize our youth as idleness. Let the schools do the work by day and let parents provide cheerful homes for their children when there is no school; when the summer vacation draws near, let no effort be spared to provide work for the boys. The mother, with her housekeeping cares, can easily provide this for the girls. But it requires effort to provide occupation for the boys. Let this be made a study by every parent, and some solution will be found. T. J. Charlton. An Ex-Court Clerk Indicted. Chicago, April 3. —The Cook county grand jury this afternoon returned seven indictments against W. J. Clingen, clerk of the City Police Court, two of the indictments being for forgery, two for falsifying the records and three for embezzlement “Wk are selling Athlophoros, and it gives excellent satisfaction, better than ahy other rheumatic remedy we have ever sold,” is the experience of C. Eldred & Son, druggists, of Ligonier, Ind., voicing the general approval of the great remedy.

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